COVID-19: Epidemiological Update from the Meeting on May 7, 2020

Key indicators

Individual Monitoring

  • Week 18 (April 20–26): Continued Decline in the Number of New COVID-19 Cases

  • Since March 11, 2020: 427 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported (425 investigated)

Virological Surveillance

  • Week 18: Continued decline in the number of tests performed and the SARS-CoV-2 positivity rate in public and private medical laboratories

Surveillance in long-term care facilities, including nursing homes

  • As of May 5, 2020, 12 facilities reported at least one possible case (whether confirmed or not).

Hospital surveillance

  • Oscour® Network: In Week 18, the number of admissions for suspected COVID-19 remained low, accounting for 0.4% of total activity (vs. 0.5% in Week 17)

  • Sentinel intensive care units: since March 11, 2020, 13 patients have been admitted to intensive care; 2 remain hospitalized

Mortality surveillance

  • No excess mortality detected through week 17

  • Two death certificates noted “suspected COVID-19,” for which RT-PCR tests were negative for SARS-CoV-2.

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